PR 20 - World League 2014 (M): Serbia and Hungary book Super Final ticket

Lausanne (SUI), March 12, 2014 – Round 5 of the European preliminaries featured close match-ups with the teams of Serbia, Greece, Italy and Slovakia each claiming a win in the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2014, held on March 11.

Extending their unbeaten streak with a third win, Serbia and Hungary easily secured a berth for the Men’s Super Final with the last European qualifier from Group C, Italy or Montenegro, to be decided in the sixth and last round in April. The ultimate showdown takes place in Dubai (UAE) from June 16-21, 2014.

In the evening’s closest encounter, 2013 World silver medallist Montenegro (Group C) suffered their first loss in this year’s tournament, losing just by one goal to 2012 Olympic runner-up Italy (9-10) in Bari. Meanwhile in Bratislava, Slovakia won its return match against Germany 12-9.

In Group A, defending World League champion Serbia crushed Romania 7-4 in Bucharest. In Group B, visiting Croatia was defeated by Greece in Patras 7-8. The 2012 Olympic champions bring up the rear in Group B, with three losses.

The composition of the European Groups of the 2014 Men’s World League is as follows: